Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Economic Journal - Tuesday, 12/31/2013

(as of 7:50 AM PST)
 
We wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year!!!
The last trading day of the year started with mild gains on most indexes.  Gold is finishing the year with another down day and reflects a total loss of 30% for the year.  Oil is down slightly.  Data reports were generally positive.  Consumer confidence was up and home prices were also higher.  The Chicago PMI, a key manufacturing index was down a small amount, but still showed good strength.  Interest rates continue their slow but steady rise as we enter the New Year of the ‘taper’ as the Federal Reserve starts to pull back on its bond buying program.  The economy looks stronger than it has in many years as we enter 2014.

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